Vocabulary : Jointress to Joisted

Jointress : A woman who has a jointure.
Jointure : A joining; a joint. ;; An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower. ;; To settle a jointure upon.
Jointured : of Jointure
Jointureless : Having no jointure.
Jointuress : See Jointress.

Jointuring : of Jointure
Jointweed : A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.
Jointworm : The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop.
Joist : A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor, under Double, a. ;; To fit or furnish with joists.
Joisted : of Joist

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